Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Keeping laws relevant
Many times we ponder about the uselessness of a law and go "what the hell were the lawmakers thinking when they framed this law?". Indeed, many laws seem to be ridiculous. However, it takes only a few seconds to realize that the law is not really wrong - just hopelessly outdated. Maybe with some research it would not be hard to see that the law was very valid in its time. This led me to think about the following.
Every law that is framed should have a "intent" section where the lawmakers also express their intent as to why the law is framed and what it is supposed to achieve. That way, if that law is looked at in the future and the intent no longer holds (because of changed conditions in the world), its easier to put up for modification.
Many times we ponder about the uselessness of a law and go "what the hell were the lawmakers thinking when they framed this law?". Indeed, many laws seem to be ridiculous. However, it takes only a few seconds to realize that the law is not really wrong - just hopelessly outdated. Maybe with some research it would not be hard to see that the law was very valid in its time. This led me to think about the following.
Every law that is framed should have a "intent" section where the lawmakers also express their intent as to why the law is framed and what it is supposed to achieve. That way, if that law is looked at in the future and the intent no longer holds (because of changed conditions in the world), its easier to put up for modification.
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